Axon halts Taser drone project as majority of ethics board resigns
Photo Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge After fierce pushback, development is being halted on a Taser-wielding drone proposed as a solution to mass shootings in schools.
On Sunday, Axon, the maker of the Taser stun gun, announced that it was pausing work on its drone-mounted Taser project just days after the idea was presented to the public. The announcement marks the end - at least for now - of a project that was widely seen as unfeasible at best, and at worst, a dystopian extension to an already fatal line of police weaponry.
The Taser drone concept was originally announced by Axon on June 2nd. Just over a week after the Uvalde shooting, CEO Rick Smith tweeted that the company was developing a remotely operated, non-lethal drone system" and wanted to start discussions on...